diff --git a/lib/request/direct.py b/lib/request/direct.py
index 5904f57c8..f04855e46 100644
--- a/lib/request/direct.py
+++ b/lib/request/direct.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from extra.safe2bin.safe2bin import safecharencode
 from lib.core.agent import agent
 from lib.core.common import Backend
 from lib.core.common import calculateDeltaSeconds
+from lib.core.common import extractExpectedValue
 from lib.core.common import getCurrentThreadData
 from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.common import hashDBRetrieve
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ from lib.core.data import kb
 from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.dicts import SQL_STATEMENTS
 from lib.core.enums import DBMS
+from lib.core.enums import EXPECTED
 from lib.core.settings import UNICODE_ENCODING
 from lib.utils.timeout import timeout
 
@@ -62,16 +64,9 @@ def direct(query, content=True):
     elif content:
         if output and isListLike(output):
             if len(output[0]) == 1:
-                if len(output) > 1:
-                    output = map(lambda _: _[0], output)
-                else:
-                    output = output[0][0]
+                output = [_[0] for _ in output]
 
         retVal = getUnicode(output, noneToNull=True)
         return safecharencode(retVal) if kb.safeCharEncode else retVal
     else:
-        for line in output:
-            if line[0] in (1, -1):
-                return True
-            else:
-                return False
+        return extractExpectedValue(output, EXPECTED.BOOL)